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Title: Brotherhood of Light printed lessons
Identifier/Call Number: ARC Mss 97
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
(1 document box)
Creator:
Zain, C. C. (1882)
Creator:
Brotherhood of Light (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Date (inclusive): 1927 - 1949
Abstract: This collection contains 23 volumes of "lessons" in the three branches of occultism (astrology, alchemy, and magic), circulated
for initiates of the Brotherhood of Light.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Container: 1
From the dealer's description:
(Los Angeles based proto-New Age group)
Zain, Elbert Benjamine
The Brotherhood of Light, Los Angeles: the Author, 1927-1949.
23 volumes. Small 8vo. Each issue approximately 24-28 pp. Text illustrations. Each in original printed blue wrappers, stapled
as issued (first volume wrappers detached).
First editions of these "lessons" in the three branches of occultism - astrology, alchemy, and magic - for initiates of the
Brotherhood of Light. These volumes cover aspects of natal astrology and astrological signatures, including relationship compatibility,
prophesying events based on celestial patterns, and achieving bodily perfection. Seven of the lessons are on astrological
weather predicting and how to plan for storms, phenomena, and temperature changes by using star charts. The lessons were issued
serially to Brotherhood disciples, and upon completion of all volumes and passing the accompanying examinations one would
become a Hermetician.
Established in Los Angeles in 1915, the Brotherhood of Light was founded by Elbert Benjamine Zain (pen name C.C. Zain) to
teach and disseminate the practice of astrology for "the way of life in the Aquarian Age." It was reorganized in 1932 as the
Church of Light due to sanctions imposed in Los Angeles County against institutional teaching of astrology. The Church of
Light is still active today.
Zain (1882-1951) was allegedly born a psychic and seer with the power to contact the dead. Upon tapping into his heightened
awareness, he began to study astrology and moved from his conservative Christian hometown in Iowa to Los Angeles to begin
teaching the occult.
The collection is open for research.
Library purchase, 2024.
From the description given by B and L Rootenberg - Fine and Rare Books:
Established in Los Angeles in 1915, the Brotherhood of Light was founded by Elbert Benjamine Zain (pen name C.C. Zain) to
teach and disseminate the practice of astrology for "the way of life in the Aquarian Age." It was reorganized in 1932 as the
Church of Light due to sanctions imposed in Los Angeles County against institutional teaching of astrology. The Church of
Light is still active today.
Zain (1882-1951) was allegedly born a psychic and seer with the power to contact the dead. Upon tapping into his heightened
awareness, he began to study astrology and moved from his conservative Christian hometown in Iowa to Los Angeles to begin
teaching the occult.
[Identification of Item], Brotherhood of Light printed lessons collection, ARC Mss 97. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through
the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to
the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator
and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department
of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of
California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is
not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
The 23 lessons are as follows:
No. 3 (1927): Astrological Signatures: Physiology and Correspondence No. 19 (1934): Natal Astrology: The Hermetic System of
Progressions No. 61 (1936): Esoteric Psychology: How to Rule the Stars
No. 105 (1934): Natal Astrology: Stature, Temperament, Disposition, and Mental Ability No. 106 (1934): Natal Astrology: Vitality,
Health, and Disease
No. 108 (1934): Natal Astrology: Friends, Enemies, and Associations No. 109 (1934): Natal Astrology: Love, Marriage, and Partnership
No. 110 (1934): Natal Astrology: How to Delineate a Horoscope
No. 111 (1934): Natal Astrology: Major Progressions of Sun and Angels No. 112 (1934): Natal Astrology: Major Progressions
of the Moon
No. 113 (1934): Natal Astrology: Major Progressions of the Planets
No. 115 (1934): Natal Astrology: Minor Progressions of Moon and Planets No. 116 (1934): Natal Astrology: Transits, Revolutions,
and Cycles
No. 117 (1934): Natal Astrology: Rectifying the Horoscope
No. 150 (1938): Mundane Astrology: Precise Predicting; Eclipses No. 176 (1942): The Next Life: Astrological Influences
No. 190 (1949): Weather Predicting: Astrological Weather Predicting
No. 191 (1949): Weather Predicting: Reading Astrological Weather Charts No. 192 (1949): Weather Predicting: Astrological Temperature
Charts
No. 193 (1949): Weather Predicting: Astrological Air Movement Charts No. 194 (1949): Weather Predicting: Astrological Moisture
Charts
No. 195 (1949): Weather Predicting: Unusual Weather
No. 196 (1949): Weather Predicting: Tornadoes and Hurricanes
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Church of Light